Word: wheats
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Even at the Democratic convention, I thought: hours milling about the floor, tripping over balloons, beer with the delegate from Kansas who would tell me what the Bush administration’s done to hurt the wheat farmers. Without leaving the hall, I would have gone to Louisiana, Oklahoma, Oregon, Maine, everywhere I haven’t been. And I would have heard a different side of the story of America...
That speech replaced my dream of wheat farmers from Kansas. Obama forced Harvard to change the subject...
...destroyed and 5.2 million hectares flooded. Farmer Kapelshwar Bhagat, 30, saw 25 neighbors drown in a day, including his 62-year-old uncle who slipped into the torrent after trying to save his own son. Now, Bhagat's one-year-old daughter has cholera and he has only enough wheat to last his family two months. "We're told the floods won't drain from our fields until winter," he says...
...takes an average of 11 years to diagnose. An expert panel convened by the National Institutes of Health last month estimated that some 3 million Americans may suffer from the illness--10 times as many as doctors once thought. The disease is not just discomforting; gluten from wheat, rye, barley and several other grains triggers an immune response that attacks the lining of the intestines, cutting down on the absorption of calcium, iron and other nutrients...
Finding hidden ingredients could get easier if Congress passes the new labeling bill that's scheduled to come to a vote this week. The law would require manufacturers to identify wheat and other troublesome grains on product labels. And although it wouldn't require a label for gluten per se, it does instruct the Department of Health and Human Services to define what it means by "gluten free." Meanwhile, says Elliott, if you have received a diagnosis of celiac disease, you should consult a professional dietitian about how to rid your diet of gluten...